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Climate death toll could be higher, says report
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RISING&nbsp;global temperatures could lead to many more deaths than the 250,000 a year predicted just five years ago, a new report says.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15737
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15737Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:00:00
Global water supply shrinks in wetter world
As the world warms, more rain may mean less useable water
EVEN IN A WORLD with more intense rain, communities could begin to run short of water.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15730
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15730Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:00:00
Risks of 'domino effect' greater than thought
When arctic ice melts, less sunlight is reflected, which raises global temperatures and increases the risk of forest fires
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POLICYMAKERS HAVE&nbsp;severely underestimated the risks of ecological tipping points, according to a...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15731
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15731Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:00:00
Scientists find plastic pollution at deepest point of the ocean
This planktonic arrow worm, Sagitta setosa, has eaten a blue plastic fibre about 3mm long
THE DEEPEST point on Earth is heavily polluted with plastic, scientists have discovered, showing how pervasively the world has been...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15732
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15732Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:00:00
Warming pause didn't happen, say experts
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CLAIMS&nbsp;of a global warming 'pause' in observed temperatures early this century are unfounded and lack statistical significance, researchers say.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15721
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15721Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:00:00
Climate passports might come in handy
About a third of Dhoblat Shibpur village on Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal has sunk under the sea in less than 20 years
AS CLIMATE CHANGE leads to the flooding of whole countries a "climate passport" might allow the most...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15707
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15707Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:00:00
GOOD HEALTH: Let's hear it for yew trees and Gila monsters
THE PACIFIC yew tree and the Gila monster have an unlikely connection ... and that's good news for the future of the human race.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15706
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15706Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:00:00
Meet the Australian farmer with 240 million trees to his name
Australian farmer Tony Rinaudo discovered a solution to restoring trees in Africa's Sahel region
THROUGH the cacophony of the UN's global climate talks, an Australian farmer is quietly spreading his plan to reforest the world.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15697
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15697Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:00:00
That small patch of bush might be saving a species
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IT MIGHT NOT look like a pristine expanse of Amazon rainforest or an African savannah, but the patch of bush at the end of the street could be one of the only places on the planet that harbours a particular species of endangered...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15700
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15700Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:00:00
Instead, let's focus on the cost of avoiding climate change
AS DELEGATES at the UN climate summit in Poland discuss the possibility of restraining global warming to 1.5deg, it might sound like a reasonable question to ask how much money it will cost if they fail.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15689
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15689Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:00
They're trying to save us, so why do we punish activists?
GREEN ACTIVISTS are fighting to save us all - so why do their sacrifices warrant punishment?http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15686
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15686Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:00:00
Climate plans pushed to 2041 in UN draft
Delegates at Cop24 climate talks in Katowice
THE START DATE of an important element of the Paris Agreement would be set 23 years in the future under a proposal from major emerging economies.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15656
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15656Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:00
Parched world watches as water vanishes
Marooned on what used to be the bed of the shrinking Aral Sea
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THIS PARCHED WORLD'S&nbsp;landlocked basins - they make up a fifth of the Earth's surface - have lost at least 100 billion tonnes of water every year since the...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15649
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15649Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:00:00
To feed 10 billion people we'll have to lay off the steak meals
Beef farming in California
PEOPLE IN RICH NATIONS will have to make big cuts to the amount of beef and lamb they eat if the world is to be able to feed 10 billion people, says a new report.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15651
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15651Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:00:00
World Bank to invest $200b in climate fight
Cyclone damage at Shute Harbour in Queensland
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THE WORLD BANK&nbsp;will make about $200 billion available to fund action on climate change from 2021-25, helping countries to adapt to the effects of warming and to reduce...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15641
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15641Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:00:00
Stella McCartney makes eco-fashion charter
Stella McCartney
ECO-FRIENDLY British fashion designer Stella McCartney has announced a United Nations charter for Sustainable Fashion.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15616
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15616Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:30:00
Why China must lead to save life on Earth
CHINA MUST PLAY&nbsp;a leading role if the world is to draw up a new and more effective strategy to halt the collapse of life on Earth, according to senior delegates at the close of this week's UN biodiversity conference.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15611
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15611Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Global food system is broken, say world's science academies
A family cooking amid floodwater in Bangladesh
THE GLOBAL food system is broken, leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight and driving the planet towards climate catastrophe, according to 130 national academies of...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15608
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15608Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Heat threatens hospital systems, says Lancet
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THE RECENT&nbsp;impact of climate change on heat-related diseases should be seen as a harbinger of future dangers including the threat of a systemic failure of hospitals, says a Lancet report.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15609
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15609Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Wild plant ancestors need more protection
Black truffles - on the way out?
EVERYTHING that humans eat or drink comes directly or indirectly from plants. Many wild plant ancestors, of even the most precious species, could be at risk.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15599
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15599Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:00:00
We must triple efforts or face catastrophe, says UN
The drought-stricken La Sorrueda reservoir in Gran Canaria, Spain
COUNTRIES ARE FAILING to take the action needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change, a UN report has found, and the commitments made in the Paris...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15594
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15594Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Scientist unveils blueprint to save bees and enrich farmers
Bee populations have plummeted worldwide
THE COLLAPSE in bee populations can be reversed if countries adopt a new farmer-friendly strategy, says the architect of a new masterplan for pollinators.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15583
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15583Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Climate-heating gases at record levels, says UN
A power station in Poland close to the borders with Germany and the Czech Republic
THE MAIN greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change have all reached record levels, UN experts have reported.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15571
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15571Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Chinese money will make or break climate fight
A monorail speeds through Beijing Airport. Can the China-led Belt and Road Initiative support sustainable infrastructure development?
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DESPITE&nbsp;its claims of being green, most of China's Belt and Road Initiative money is...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15567
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15567Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:00:00
UN environment chief resigns
Erik Solheim spent almost $500,000 on air travel and hotels in just 22 months
THE UN's environment chief, Erik Solheim, has resigned following severe criticism of his global travels and internal rule-breaking which led some nations...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15556
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15556Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:00:00 Erik Solheim
We need to act 'today', says new IPCC report
ACTION on climate change must be stepped up if the climate crisis is to be averted, the International Panel on Climate Change is warning.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15557
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15557Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:00:00
China, Russia and Canada policies a threat
Vendors near a state-owned coal-fired power plant in China
CHINA, RUSSIA and Canada's current climate policies would drive the world above a catastrophic 5deg of warming by the end of the century, according to a study that ranks...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15537
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15537Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Fires become more complex, nuanced ... and alarming
WHY DO WILDFIRES seem to be escalating? Despite president Donald Trump's tweet that the California fires were caused by "gross mismanagement" of forests, the answer is more complex, nuanced, and alarming.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15539
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15539Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Anti-fossil fuel campaigns contain lessons
COMPARED WITH so much ineffective climate activism, the present wave of anti-fossil fuel politics has an important advantage: it resonates better with ordinary people.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15528
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15528Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Greenland crater points to another climate-changing asteroid collision
A 1.5-kilometer asteroid, intact or in pieces, might have smashed into an ice sheet just 13,000 years ago
A MASSIVE crater under Greenland's ice points to previously unknown climate-altering asteroid impact in the time of humans.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15531
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15531Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Heatwaves can hurt male insect fertility
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A&nbsp;NEW study of beetles could explain their global decline - and also be a warning to humankind.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15521
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15521Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:00:00
We have no capacity to absorb new fossil fuel plants
Smoke billows from the coal-based Badarpur power station in New Delhi. The IEA said India had taken backward steps on cutting fossil fuel subsidies.
THE WORLD has so many existing fossil fuel projects that it cannot afford to build...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15516
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15516Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Bruised Iraq now has climate-change worries
Iraq's Marsh Arabs have forged a unique way of life
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IT'S BEEN INVADED and bombed, had a third of its territory taken over by terrorist groups, hundreds of thousands have been killed and much of its infrastructure has been...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15513
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15513Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:00:00
PROBLEM PLASTIC: What's behind our sudden rage and will it make a difference?
DECADES after plastic became part of the fabric of our lives, a worldwide revolt against its use is under way.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15515
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15515Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Big Oil spent 1% on green energy in 2018
TOP OIL and gas companies jointly spent around 1 per cent of their 2018 budgets on clean energy, a new study shows.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15507
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15507Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Why 2018 will see record for carbon emissions
A thermal power plant in Hunan
IN 2018, humanity will pump more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than ever, and yet last year was a record year for renewable energy. What gives?http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15505
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15505Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Flash floods increase as mercury climbs
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SCIENTISTS&nbsp;once again have confirmed that humankind's actions have triggered ever-greater extremes of rainfall - and an ever-greater rise in disastrous flash floods.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15498
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15498Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:00:00
End of the end of the Earth ... according to Jonathan Franzen
Birds are the animat­ing spirits of Franzen's collection
A WRITER at the top of his game considers climate change, what we can do and what keeps him from despair.
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http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15499Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Carbon Clock wound back - just a tick
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THE CARBON CLOCK&nbsp;showing how much time the world has left before it exhausts its carbon budget has been set back a fraction.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15493
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15493Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Red-meat tax would save many lives, says study
A 'sin tax' on on meat products such as beef, lamb and pork is inevitable in the longer term, say some experts
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TAXING&nbsp;red meat would save many lives and raise billions to pay for healthcare, according to new research.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15490
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15490Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:00:00
WORTHY AWARD: 'Single-use' named 2018 word of the year
Plastic waste on the banks of the River Thames in London
SINGLE-USE, a term referring to products - often made of plastic - that are made to be used once and thrown away, has been named Collins Dictionary's word of the year for...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15491
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15491Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:00:00
In two years we could face our own extinction, says UN
Deforestation in Indonesian to make way for a palm oil concession
THE WORLD must thrash out a new deal for nature in the next two years or humanity could be the first species to document our own extinction, warns the United Nation's...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15466
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15466Tue, 06 Nov 2018 10:00:00
Climate warming messes with the jet stream
The speed and waviness of the northern jet stream, a river of wind across the Northern Hemisphere, is affected by the temperature difference between the Arctic and mid-latitudes
GREENHOUSE gases are increasingly disrupting the jet...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15453
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15453Mon, 05 Nov 2018 10:00:00
The Paris climate gang is breaking up
Angela Merkel and Barack Obama
IN 2015, a group of countries banded together to shape the global climate pact, but political turmoil is pulling the alliance apart.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15448
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15448Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Electric food - the new sci-fi diet that could save our planet
GROWING FOOD without plants or animals sounds like science fiction. But it could stop environmental destruction.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15452
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15452Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Wildlife in 'mindblowing' crisis, says WWF
GLOBAL WILDLIFE populations have fallen by 60 per cent in just over four decades, as accelerating pollution, deforestation, climate change and other manmade factors have created a "mindblowing" crisis, the World Wildlife Fund says in a...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15443
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15443Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:00:00
Big brands pledge to turn tide on plastic waste
A French protester wearing a suit made of plastic bottles, cups and containers holds a placard while joining a demonstration against plastic waste
BIG BRANDS - from Coca Cola to Kellogg - have pledged to cut all plastic waste from...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15435
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15435Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:00:00
Litigation likely to rise on back of IPCC report
Many plaintiffs would be farmers who are already feeling the impact of climate warming on their activities
CLIMATE-RELATED litigations are set to break new grounds following the rcent landmark IPCC report which provides lawyers...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15426
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15426Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:00:00
Air pollution the new tobacco, warns WHO head
Dr Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusAIR POLLUTION&nbsp;is the new tobacco, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned, saying the simple act of breathing is killing seven million people a year and harming billions more.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15420
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15420Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:00
Climate fund approves $1b for poor countries
A UN Green Climate Fund backed fund has approved more than $1 billion for 19 new projects to help developing countries to tackle climate change.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15400
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=15400Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:00